a massive protest gets underway with demonstrators joining. the french prime minister defends the publishing of. freedom of expression while explicit photos of the british royal family taken off the show. the u.s. agency for international development saying it was channeling money. plus

the super rich in france. as the government considers taking. the national budget. thanks for joining us here on r.t. today i'm live in moscow. of thousands of lebanese have now taken to the streets for the second massive march in just the last few days organized by hezbollah's leader experts say the undertones are increasingly political rather than religious and a challenge to america's regional clout. well

for more coverage on the rally in lebanon as well as other islamic nations around the world let's cross over to our seas paula slayer in television paula good to see you how can you tell us how does this protest in lebanon compare to the last one. well certainly witnessing the same kind of numbers at least tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the southern lebanese city of tire this is in line with a call that went out earlier by the has been the leader hassan nasrallah way he called for his supporters to show their anger in the first shots and in their faces he says that this form is the worst attack ever on islam now so far the demonstration is peaceful if one is a demonstration on monday in which more than one hundred thousand hizbollah supporters took to the southern suburbs of beirut now and that's one that has called for staggered protests throughout this week we understand that the next protests will be on friday in the eastern lebanese city of baalbeck but at the same time we are hearing reports of an american food chain k. if c. that for the second time has been attacked in lebanon now this comes on wednesday

as clashes erupted between palestinian protesters and israeli security forces at least twenty people were injured when the clashes erupted near a border crossing in east jerusalem the protesters threw firebombs as well as stones at the security forces they responded with tear gas and rubber bullets we're also seeing again protests in the pakistani city of karachi hero hundreds of protesters have stormed a barricade iran and the u.s. consulate building we're seeing the same kind of ban is the same kind of and some american rhetoric most of the fun and focusing on calling for the american ambassador to pakistan to be expelled now hundreds of protesters also took to the indignation city of medan here they are calling for the united states to be punished for allowing such a movie to be made also on wednesday there's a lot of attention focused on paris where a weekly newspaper by the name of charlie hebdo has published

a crude caricature of the prophet mohammed we understand that some of them are showing him naked now this has sparked a fierce debate over the whole issue. of freedom of speech with the french foreign minister saying that they will be consequences were guarding this publication and he has condemned these caricature as being published in the first place but we are hearing from the french prime minister that freedom of speech is something that is protected although something that needs to be used responsibly nonetheless muslims there in this country have been organizing themselves for protest so far that protest has been banned that it is likely to go ahead we know also that they believe this is a complicated move and that it has nothing to do with freedom of speech french police a position themselves outside the headquarters of this magazine it's a magazine that was firebombed last year when it published an edition that mocked radical islam at the same time at least twenty french embassies are on lockdown

around the world for fear that they will be reprisal and revenge attacks. not just our friends overseas but also a french international school is also in a state of shutdown as well well it is a policy alive and salivate thank you. well over the world the muslim world that is a gripped by rage certainly one being big question that's being asked across america just what or who are the protests aimed at some are adamant it's all about this movie in question others such as are to use that guy nature to kind of reports have no such illusions. the white house keeps saying it was just the anti islamic video that calls the muslims wrath across the world this is not a case of. protest or wrecked it if united states writ large or it us policy this is in response to a video that is offensive but that's a claim no one is buying it ministration wants us to believe it's not the administration's policies that have generated this behavior it's this one idiotic

piece of so-called film which is about out there for two months well i would like to hear that stupid film that nobody's seen causes people to assassinate ambassadors and to storm embassies and the question the us media keep asking why do so many millions of muslims hate the usa but the answers they're getting are the answers very few in the us want to hear if you're point to one thing that makes some muslims hate the usa it would be. hypocrisy over democracy. while america the government now preaches democracy it has propped up authoritarian leaders but that's not the only accusation of hypocrisy that washington is facing there's also u.s. policy makers failure to condemn the violence when it suits their goals like the numerous terrorist attacks in syria washington seems to approve of them as long as they are targeting supporters of the outside government or another act of violence

a rebel mob executing colonel gadhafi the u.s. secretary of state cheered at the news as we came we saw our died. washington studio to condemn all violence equally has prompted radicals to take an even more aggressive course if most americans understood what was being done in our name in the stabilizing the middle east and north africa it would be absolutely horrified what are the result to me expect these people to have no hope their economies are destroyed they see their calling for foreign invaders of course this kind of thing is going to happen when the tragedy in libya happened the international community wholeheartedly condemned the attacks on american diplomats but the u.s. for its part has been quite selective in condemning violence it could be that the white house thought by supporting revolutions by fostering regime change they were winning hearts and minds in the muslim world but that doesn't appear to be the case for now the obama administration constantly refers to this film as the sole reason

behind what's happening a reasoning which basically allows them to avoid addressing the deeper issues in washington i'm going to. now religious leaders from washington to indonesia have called for an end to global muslim protests saying they're only inside more islamophobia to talk about the western perceptions of our abducted by a jackie g. show he no author of the real bad arabs documentary good to see you today thanks for coming on your documentary on islamophobia being peddled by hollywood is certainly damning but is the practice really as widespread as you make it out to be . well it has been. and. yet with other presidents. for bashing was. there also a special. city in.

the country. you can fool. around the world so. it exists in lower just like in the middle east there. are not and the war needs to. get this well serious a woman war or so you discuss these as you say horrific stereotypes or you talk about there are political motives in some of the peddling of islamophobia hollywood as we know is also involved but you know one question certainly to do is you know in western viewers are watching the news channels and they see these protests that are going on not just recently in the middle east but all around the world as well and we see some of the what many call the outspoken minority of muslims holding signs for example that say behead those who insult the prophet so i mean some might say well they bring their own worst enemy when it comes to any type of p.r.

campaign. they don't have there is a minority. here i think with this. question why. your selective free. and most of all these. protests against. their being perceived as represent almost no real. i mean people simply will find. that this is the more you never saw. on any russian states all those who lived through so already. been done in. the law it's very. hard but there are six hundred people who carry these laws oh well and i mean if i may just jump in just i do apologize for

interrupting i do apologize but i just received an e-mail a short while ago from one of our viewers in california basically saying these muslims are sorry what well they don't appreciate what america does for them bringing democracy and freedom to all saw all parts of the muslim world me how do you how do you assess not. just misinformed or she said this. most will see. more specific seven years of tremendous respect for america and what america represents require disagreement it's what we're all in the root of all superman wrong with facts to your vacation we're wracking your eyes and off on the spawn of the arabs who is really skinny and issue and sets who are falling in with the growing population to reach. america is to assume sit back as the us marshal to really evaluate all the seats in the region what once

existed. france all its forms and leaders from the. us that's not reality. strange but it's their problem that with you know perhaps essentially fanning the flames and here we have this film that was made in america that's basically it's been used as some a saying as an excuse for these massive protests around the world others saying it lies much deeper perhaps as you alluded to above or to go with foreign policy but now in france a newspaper once again publishing pictures of the of caricature of the prophet muhammad it certainly seems that somebody somewhere is fanning the flames well i think it's a combination of this new with what's happened before and i think a new shoot would do exactly that has nothing whatsoever with the protests that went beyond we're willing to you know what's amazing is that it's it's not it's not all that. and people have seen it so it's based on

a show and it's based on really people reacting to something you will hear it will . want to use who knew people happy by. using this really you are using. let me tell you i think it needs to. remember this news are. you sort of on release was this movie made. on the this is. it's not. something which is a hollywood film. you know it's long. it's a feature film and that we should do but do you think or do you think i'm running very low on time to mr cheney but i want to keep you on for one more question here i what point do you think how much blame should we put on western foreign policy

certainly in the middle east region you know back to the you know the deposing of saddam hussein the so-called weapons of mass destruction so on and so forth i mean one might say that to be in that region to be under the brunt of that guy. for these foreigners coming in whether it's a geo strategic politics or mineral resources that are the reason perhaps these people in the region have a reason to be upset with the west well i think you on foreign policy almost perfect it was the solution that we get along just fine there are others who disagree and i think the root cause of the killing is to find. the presence of the stuff this is which hopefully will look good and the fact that someone wants to keep the peace it was really the realest move yeah there is. and that has to be it was all new to you not only for the

united states but for israel so you could see easily there has to be some sort of solution we're going to the polls. suggest that he you know author of the real bad arab documentary joining us live from r.t. a great pleasure to have you want many thanks indeed thank you. for the video pictures in the full spectrum of opinion on the global islamic protests already for you at r.t. dot com you can also find out more about the aggressive steps hillary clinton has promised to protect u.s. embassies abroad and all that and much more on our web site.

it's a seven fifteen pm here in the russian capital a scandalous flaring up between moscow and washington after russia's decision to end the work of the u.s. agency for international development in the country moscow says the decision was prompted by u.s. aid attempts to influence the political process inside russia arena glasgow has the story. the minister of foreign affairs has ordered that the usaid stop its operations in russia beginning of october first now what is usaid essentially its today and agency which is being funded of course by the u.s. state department and is basically responsible for promoting u.s. interests abroad it's actually it actually answers directly to the u.s. secretary of state now in a rush over the past twenty years usaid has spent two point six billion dollars on operations just a million just this year alone one of the organizations which u.s. aid is known to have been funding is going to zation cold colas or

a voice in russian and among the multitude of things that the organization the ngo is doing it's also been acting as an observer during the elections and has gotten itself in hot water with the various state duma deputies who are questioning its motives and its operations now both usaid and the ngo called polish it will be affected by a law which has come into effect in russia this so-called foreign agents laws pacifically states that a new organization which is actively participating in the political life in russia should be subject to thorough investigation when it is being sponsored to a with a money from abroad now a law like this exists in a lot of other countries in europe for example or in the united states now of course this means that to bolus will have to probably sees its operations in the country as it already has stated officially due to the fact that it will not be

able to operate it is reported that its list gets around three million dollars from usaid annually of course minister of foreign affairs has also said that they are ready yet as prepared to cooperate with the usa this law in human history and aspects or rather in humanitarian projects to in the third countries so long as usaid respects this mentioned russian was. and it does not interfere with russia's internal political affairs. thanks for joining us on r.t. today the top earners in france are thinking of making a run for it this should a new seventy five percent income tax limit the super rich be agreed upon the idea was met with a warm public response but the most successful entrepreneurs may desert the country just when the slowing economy needs them the most. silly reports. when the world's fourth richest men a frenchman bernard know asked for belgian citizenship some of his compatriots took offense with one left wing french newspaper publishing this image with this

headline the mayor of this area the brussels capital region has confirmed has indeed establish residence here but the french tycoon denies his move had anything to do with french president one to impose a seventy five percent income tax on those earning above one million but many suspect otherwise and the rich have become the subject of much discussion. there are quite responsible for this crisis they should pay more than the rest since they have more me. because it is the people who are responsible for the crisis. so. it depends on the rich bankers who contributed to the crisis should pay as well. along to set to soak the rich even more as he struggles to raise the money to fill a thirty billion euro hole in the country's finances the tactic of. action against

president sarkozy was to says that's because he was the president of the rich friends of yours the income tax rates going up but on top of that. and then the top tax thing went and on top top top of that we had the seventy percent tax that's where really thinking about moving outside friends started but the move did go down well with everyone including some french taxpayers who fear having to foot the bill if the tax the rich strategy fails all their fears are well founded as businesspeople consider losing three quarters of their income across there simply unable to bear like thirty year old entrepreneurs. he hasn't made the jump just yet but he says he may find himself with no choice is clearly that the choir. it that that that's found. that's found a haven in france. which which basically promotes stigmatize

ation of success wealth and bishan and so on and france is definitely worth its taxes to a certain extent but if the don't work in my head anymore if i'm starting to create more value than for others then that i do for myself with the implementation of those seventy five percent and so on clearly i will relocate as an individual and become a tax it is an a for another country like belgium for example but belgians have already taken to the streets to protest against what they call a lack of morality of the rich who come to their country to avoid a certain taxes in france's case this super tax may affect as little as three thousand people out of sixty six million and if that elite minority continues heading for the door the deficit hole will only grow and a lot it may be forced to embrace the one policy he rejected throughout his election campaign a stared. tesser cilia r t brussels while austerity may become the only

option for the french president with his cabinet set to approve an e.u. pact which enforces financial discipline of the agreement dates back to nicolas sarkozy and threatens countries failing to slash the deficit with legal action and fines political and economic analyst alex korbel says the undemocratic nature of the pact ultimately undermines. with the. e.u. fiscal pact and with the v. v. a policy of the e.c.b. the typical diverter cannot give is opinion in the better books because you know there is no election there is no we don't ask for their opinion what is going to happen the you know the police here of the e.c.b. is are we are going to fire the big bazooka and print more money in order to buy more time for bankrupt countries to deliver some structural reforms guess what they are never going to deliver the structural reforms precisely because they will have

more time and therefore to sacrifice democracy in order to save the euro is just going to sacrifice the euro and democracy in the end as a lead for you this hour here on r.t. that over tokyo going all the. tinny to rock the boat in a territorial dispute in china putting billions of dollars from its economy on the line. and out of the conflict in syria now and the u.k. foreign secretary william hague said it's quite possible london will send arms to rebel militias. a member of the syrian social club things it's the civilian population that will pay with their blood for western nations pursuit of profit every single state has saw in the syrian conflict a sort of opportunity to go in and try to influence the outcome so that it would be to their favorite vantage and and we all know that that certain countries in the un

have certain economical problems and they would want probably a more favorable government in damascus and seal off the middle east as an economic region in probably what they see as a lot of rivalry that is heating up with the brics countries for example but actually all this has led only to the destruction bloodshed and so on and so forth had president assad been less popular he would have been ousted long time ago. well see a daniel suit with the business for now there were dozens of anti japan protesters in china have surrounded and attacked the car of the u.s. ambassador to the country and this during a demonstration near the japanese embassy the diplomat who was left on hometown an investigation has been launched into the incident on monday u.s. a defense secretary leon panetta agreed on a missile defense plan with japan as the country agreed to host a second radar system to deal comes in the wake of violent anti japan protests in china after tokyo bought disputed islands beijing's considers its. the professor of

economics at the university of nottingham says the us military are fanning the flames. ideologies quote differences between china in the united states it's chinese to believe all american news doing is trying to make trouble for china and constantly attack on the investor because it's probably just christian how how do how individual time is mine. fairly fairly serious as in the us this particular moment to talk about the system is a long term air on place and this is why it's only angry made me really talk about it another time when china india and east know in a very intensive situation we think anybody expense is tuning in under in an atomic maybe the situation is not be intense. all right straight to tbilisi now to

start of the r.t. world update rangers are the georgian capital thousands of people taking to the streets after local t.v. channels broadcast footage of inmates allegedly being tortured and raped in prison at least ten prison guards suspected of the crimes have already been arrested on the first day. comes after the country implemented a highly praised police reform and getting rid of prison guards and corruption. miners of a freshly ended their five week strike after the government decided to meet their demands and the miners celebrated the average twenty percent wage increase and are expected to return to work on thursday estimated losses from the strike are put at about half a billion dollars it was more than a month ago the police shot dead thirty four striking miners during clashes at the longman platinum mine. my time in the business daniel what do you have for us yet looks like russia's old major rosneft is closing in on t.

and k b p the state firms reportedly in talks to pour a fifteen billion dollars to buy half the rosso british venture from b.p. president vladimir putin told a surprise meeting with b.p. of rules and execs late tuesday in sochi talks focused on expanding b.p.'s presence in russia with the british firm eager to keep its lucrative foothold. that checkmark is europe's edging up heineken shares are bubbling as it moves to buy asia's toy a good deal the euro has just gone up on the dollar at this point in the upcoming earning season in europe will disappoint the rubles dropping to the dollar by the flood day over in new york despite unexpectedly good us home sales and national inflation has already hit five percent this year shows new data that's bad for russia's economy that's how moscow closed forty minutes ago and fixed mortgage john mccain has set its sights on catching britain's tesco as it sells its first bonded over a year deal from continuing rapid expansion to russian retailer recently overtook

french call for as europe's number two grocer is now only behind the british giant he would you move to still growing at rates the west only dreams of eurozone retail sales have now slipped for eleven straight months that's the latest will of more for you in just under an hour very good to know thank you back with the headlines and then it's cross talk to have you can stay with us. culture is that so much given to each musician mind defense is the time to

leave should the protest and even violence in the arab middle east against the u.s. make washington completely rethink. that.